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HR and Payroll System (5 Year contract)

East Kent Colleges Group

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: East Kent Colleges Group

Buyer Address: Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs, UKJ44, CT10 1PN, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Naomi Morris

Contact Email: naomi.morris@eastkent.ac.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
412560.0 GBP
Published
10 Dec 2025, 14:28
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
31 Mar 2026, 23:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2031, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
79631000 - Personnel and payroll services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
HealthBoxHR
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

As a family of six community-based colleges across East Kent, EKC Group's mission is to play a leading role for East Kent in developing the economic and social prosperity of the communities we serve. The Group's current Human Resources and Payroll system is being phased out by the supplier from 31 March 2026 and this has bought forward a planned procurement exercise for these solutions. The Group employs over 1500 staff and provides HR and payroll services for our sister EKC Schools Trust, which has 700 employees over 15 schools. We have a wholly owned subsidiary that runs a Hotel which has 41 employees and a Tronc Scheme of 51 employees. At present the Group has proprietary software for performance management, leave and expenses claims and a third-party recruitment and onboarding system (e-ploy). Whilst these could be maintained this tender includes the potential to include these elements within the overall software supplied.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Awards

Award Title: HR and Payroll System Provider (2026 - 2031)

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